nothing severe right now but some heavy rains around clinton, heavy rains around 210 and around forestville. so the forecast looks like this: what you see is what you get, mostly cloudy, muggy, showers and thunderstorms, low temperatures between 70 and 75, winds south, southwest at 10. what a change in air mass from last night which was spectacular. we'll keep you posted if anything becomes severe and i'll tell you how long the chances of severe weather and storms are here. back to you. prince george's county police say a man has barricaded himself on a school bus. >> the situation is unfolding in the 6900 block of temple hill road. this is a live picture from the staging area near the scene. if you look there closely, you see police vehicles and you see a lot of police tape. investigators say shortly after 1:00 this afternoon a man forced a woman to go to a bank and withdraw some money. he then allowed the woman to go

free but police arrived at the scene soon after. the suspect ran from police and got inside a school bus. >> they do not believe he has any hostages but they are operating under at assumption he is armed. allentown road is closed while this continues. and there are reporting that there could be 200 stuck at a nearby swimming pool that can't leave until the road is reopened. we'll continue to update you as it develops in temple hills. a 10-year-old died after hitting by a car in georgetown last night. he was in the crosswalk when he was struck near the intersection of 33rd and wisconsin. he was taken to children's hospital where he passed away shortly after 4:00 this afternoon. police have not charged the driver who stopped at the scene but now people in the area are telling us that this intersection has had a lot of near misses before and they

want something done about it. delia gonsalves joins us live from that area of georgetown with more. >> reporter: neighbors say part of the problem is that this is such a confusing intersection with three-way traffic and the only set of traffic signals further ahead on wisconsin and res voir road here on 33rd street. at this crosswalk you have a stop sign. but here is the problem. folks say come over here on wisconsin, that crosswalk has no stop sign or traffic signal. you are literally at the mercy of drivers. a car honks at abby level as she crosses wisconsin avenue in a crosswalk. she said it's an everyday occurrence. >> no one really stops at all. >> reporter: she's not alone. just about everyone we spoke to said the intersection where reservoir and 33rd meet wisconsin is very dangerous. >> the cars are going fast. >> i had two incidents that i was crossing and it was very close and i hit the car like i

was this close. he didn't hit me but i hit the car like you need to slow down. >> reporter: in fact it took 30 seconds before i could cross the street and when traffic slowed, this car blocked the crosswalk and just as this couple crosses a bus rolls right through the crosswalk. >> i heard a woman scream my baby. >> reporter: the safety concerns come one day after a 10-year-old boy was struck by a car sunday night. today surveyors take pictures of the scene and changes need to be made so something like this never happens again. >> i think they should put more lights. >> put another light up there and bring the speed limit down. >> we need one of those little signs, maybe that would help. i hope it would help. especially after what happened yesterday. but it's very frustrating. >> reporter: well despite the frustration and a near miss, police say there have never previously been any deadly crashes at this intersection until unfortunately last night. in the meantime neighbors say

they will continue to cross wisconsin at 33rd using extreme caution. live in georgetown, delia gonsalves, fox 5 news. >> a crosswalk means you must stop for people crossing the street. that is the law in the district. delia, thank you. the theft of a metro bus is raising serious homeland security concerns. eleanor holmes norton is calling for an independent investigation for what happened on friday and promising questions during metro's upcoming hearings. scott broom is live at the metro facility where all of this started. scott? >> reporter: well and metro just released a statement saying it will be beefing up security and it has already repoliced statement -- released statements saying what happened and eleanor holmes norton is on the homeland security security committee and spends a lot of

time on how buses could be used to tack the city and it never dawned on her it could be a metro bus. >> i'm concerned because i'm a member of the homeland security security committee. how can a kid walk up and take a bus and convince people that he's just one of them? where was his i.d.? who is in charge here. >> reporter: the incident that brought this on was a theft of a metro bus by 19-year-old william jackson. posing as an employee with uniform, he went on a route and crashed when police showed up. he is said to have a fascination with buses. >> it does seem this is so serious on two counts. on pure ordinary safety counts and on homeland security counts that we need an independent

investigation. truly this is a matter for the inspector general of metro. >> reporter: now d.c.'s office of homeland security that i spoke with had no comment on this. even though terrorists have targeted buses in terrorist attacks in the past. remember 2005 in london someone killed 52 people and one of the targeted vehicles was a double- decker bus. metro issued a press release this afternoon saying it is beefing up security, including additional cameras and also a mention of upgrading the i.d. check to some kind of electronic system. we're working on getting more details on that. reporting live in northeast washington, at metro's bladensberg facility, scott broom, fox 5 news. >> thanks for the news. a group with tied to al-

qaeda claim responsibility for the blast. the president is condemning at tacks. joel. >> reporter: the somali based terrorists have broke new ground. 14-year-old american thomas kramer survived sunday's deadly bombings in uganda. >> i was sitting -- any was sitting two seats to its left i would have lost my life. because our friend, becky, she's from uganda, she didn't make it. >> reporter: he and his mother were there with a church group from pennsylvania. they were inside a restaurant watching the world cup finals when one of the explosions hit. >> i thought i fell asleep and i was dreaming but then i realized my leg was pleading and there was blood all over the floor from me and other people. >> reporter: other members of the group was injured as well. within american died in the blast, 25-year-old nate henn. fbi agents in neighboring kenya rushed to the scene hours after

the attack. they'll help uganda officials investigate the bombing and the death of the u.s. citizen. >> reporter: a group called al shin on claimed responsibility, a group the state department recognized as ties to al-qaeda. this is the first time the group has struck outside the home of somalia and that has american intelligence officials worried. they've become concerned somalia could be a breeding ground for terrorist. they want to overthrow the current somali government and replace it with muslim regime. and they use militants who fought in iraq, afghanistan to train them. and henn is the only u.s. citizen killed in the attacks but there is also talk of five other americans in the blast. joel brown, 9 news now.

a 16-year-old girl from ellicott, maryland is among those. emily kerstetter was with a group. the group was scheduled to return to the u.s. today. cindy sheehan's bench trial begins today in d.c. superior court. she was among 8 anti war protestors arrested on march 20th after laying coffins at a white house fence. her son was killed in iraq back in 2004. she gained national attention after staging a prolonged demonstration in 2005. outside president george's bush's ranch in texas. it's been a day without water for more than a dozen homes in washington, d.c. a water brake between whittier and van buren is disrupting water service in the area. that break also caused the street to buckle. drivers are being detoured while repairs are being made. and a d.c. fire boat was called to the scene of a brush fire near fletcher's shoreline near georgetown. the fire was contained to a

small area. firefighters put the flames out quickly. no one was hurt. we have a commuter aleft on 16th street in northwest d.c. the park service began work today to repair a 35-foot wall at meridian hill park. all four lanes of the road near w. street will stay open during the three-month project but the plains are shifting between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily. it is needed to stabilize the century old wall that lines the park. virginia railway express has a new operator. actrack has operated the vre train since 1992. and keyonis now has a contract with vre. observers will monitor things this week to make sure things go smoothly. let's check on traffic with

pet rania. we do have an accident on the scene. watch out for this one. and 295 will be slow from north capital over to eastern avenue. now switching over to our live shot, 395, 495 north of down from university over to 270, you'll be about a 15 minute drive. no accidents or incidents here. same story on i-95 southbound in virginia. volumes building approaching lorton but all lanes are open. take your time getting to your destinations today. back to you. a former employee returns to his office and opens fire. we'll have the latest on the deadly shooting in new mexico. we'll take you out with live doppler. one storm now south of town headed off to the north and east. could be some hail in the storm. we'll come back and talk about that and the rest of the week. stay tuned. d.c. scrambled to place a new and better cap on the leaking well. i'm terrell brown in

mississippi, the latest on the effort coming up.

efforts to stop the giant -- giant oil leak are at a turning point. bp is trying to stop the flow into the gulf of mexico. terrell brown is on the mississippi coastline where the stakes are getting higher each day. good evening, terrell. >> reporter: good evening to you. under sea robots are working a mile under water to get the cap in place. got to remember, this thing weighs about 150,000 pounds, it has to be positioned and bolted down just right in order to work. the stakes are high and the clock is ticking. under water robots maneuvered a new cap toward bp's broken well. it's the company's latest hope for stopping the leak in the gulf of mexico. >> our confidence is growing but hopefully over the next 24 hours or so we'll see the cap function test and at that point it will be significantly higher. >> reporter: it will take two days of testing to see if the

cap can with stand the pressure. if so, pipes will channel the leak to containment ships and that will stop the flow into the gulf until relief wells can plug the leak for good. >> we agreed we have an uncommon weather window for the next 7 days that would allow us to move ahead. >> reporter: but mississippi residents see more oil coming miles off the barrier island. this harbor has been fighting off oil. the harbor master is surrounding the entire port with booms to block the oil. when waves bring tar balls over the boom, michael white goes out and scoops hundreds of pounds out of the harbor. >> my prime responsibility is to protect the harbor and the boats in the harbor. >> reporter: many expect the harbor master to make it okay. >> this is long beach and this is what we are and that's all they know. >> reporter: like the rest of the gulf, bp is hoping the new

fix will be the beginning of the end of this mess. and there is no guarantee at this point that this operation will work. the white house and bp are optimistic that it will. the ultimate solution are the relief wells scheduled to be completed in the middle of aug. in long beach, mississippi, i'm terrell brown, 9 news now. so speaking about the white house, what about the announcement on a new moratorium on deepwater billing. >> that addressed some of the legal issues not addressed in the first moratorium. it's extending the moratorium from now until november 6th and applies to shallow water drilling -- or deepwater drilling, not shallow water drilling and there is still criticism over that mora for yum because people feel like they are being punished for bp's oil spill. >> thanks for that. federal safety investigators have released new details on the deadly collision between a philadelphia duck boat and a barge. the duck boat captain claims he

made radio calls to the tugboat but not no response. other people on the nearby boats heard the distress calls. the one tieing the boat is pleading the fifth and refusing to speak to investigators. into three people are dead and four others are wounded after shots rang out at an al-qaeda fiberoptics company. the shooter later shot and killed himself. police say it was a domestic dispute and involved the gunman's ex-wife or girlfriend. it's not clear whether she was killed. shooting happened at m core corporation. there has been a drop in applications for concealed handgun permits in the commonwealth. there is a 40% drop through the first half of this year. the virginia citizen's defense league say it is because the

tightening on gun laws has eased. a a building in falls church will be the new location for corporate headquarters for the company los angeles and arlington company locations are expected to start operations there next summer. right now the global security company employed 40,000 people in maryland, virginia, and the district. you're looking at a live picture of reagan national airport right now where a new statue of president ronald reagan could soon be put in place. the former president foundation plans to put on a bronze statue of reagan in front of terminal a. the foundation is working with a metropolitan washington airport authority on the project and hope to dedicate the statue in the fall of next year. well what does the columbia, ellicott city area have in common with moat, newton, massachusetts and bellevue, washington and money, texas. well they are the top five cities on the 100 best cities

to live in america. columbia and ellicott city get high marks for a booming economy and good schools and the diversity. the one draw back was the traffic jams. gaithersburg maryland was 25th. centreville was 30th. rockville, maryland was 31st. and alexandria, virginia, came in on the 47th line. >> i would have to say our entire area was a glorious place to be yesterday. >> it was. it was warm and it was 92 but it wasn't humid. and that is the secret. and last night was glorious. >> tonight a little different. >> but the good news is we have some showers and much-needed rainfall but some of the activities is on the heavy side. here is your forecast. the next three days right out of the gate, tomorrow we do it again. that's keeping the temperatures down into the mid-80s and upper 80s on thursday and also showers and thunderstorms and then hot again. mid-90s on thursday with sunshine and no chance of showers. now here is your breakdown. tomorrow morning, could see

some showers for the morning commute, 74. and then 80 by noon. more showers still possible. and then showers on your way home as well for your evening commute. temperatures about 85. and some of those could produce locally heavy downpours. right now 75 at national, 75 at manassas. these are all rain-cooled temperatures. that's a good thing. it is 82 up in frederick and 82 in hagerstown. but where you've had showers today, some of them have been heavy, howard and prince george's county, it has cooled the air. for tonight, mostly cloudy, muggy and showers and thunderstorms. lows between 70 and 75 and winds south, southwest at 10. let me show you a live doppler that you can access on wusa9.com and go and down load our iphone ap. lots of good feedback. it's free. here is all of the rain showers and thunderstorms. primarily the heavy activity is to the east of i-95. yes there are some light showers out to the west but we'll concentrate on heavier

activity, right around town, south 95 and down into charles county and southern sections of prince george's county. there are no warning on the storms but they are pretty heavy storms and some could produce some strong winds and heavy downpours. alexandria, old town, down one. clinton and brandywine pushing off to the east. and so it will head up to davidsonville and good shower out 66 to the west. at one time we thought this might have hail in it and it might have as it crossed 236 and 66 but now heavy rain to the west of falls church. let's talk rainfall. a little under 15 inches for the year. only about an inch and a little for july. gives us a 5 and a half inch deficit for the year. we kind of caught up to that big rainfall from sunday morning and that's the most rain we've had or precip from the december storm from the 19th. and mostly cloudy and storms tomorrow, air quality good. by afternoon, partly sunny and

warm. showers and thunderstorms. high temperatures around 85. that's nice. any time we hold in the 80s that's a good thing. here is our 9 future cast. more storms tonight toward leesberg and manassas. but everybody gets a showers again after midnight so there will be a wave of showers and thunderstorms all night and into the morning which means a tricky commute home and perhaps a tricky commute tomorrow. two days in the 70s. and then hot. big-time hot. no triple-digits but mid 90 its on thursday and friday. maybe a thunderstorm on friday. better chance on saturday and sunday. and even with that, temperatures around 90, 91 next monday with perhaps a lingering shower. so a little humid out there but we need the rainfall. right now nothing severe. that's good. >> that is good. we'll take it. up next, a look at haiti exactly six months after the massive and deadly earthquake devastated the island nation. p/c>

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as many as 30 officers were hurt during a celebration. it is the commemoration of a 17th century battlefield victory over irish catholics but police call the trouble orchestrated. fans are welcoming home the world cup winning soccer team today. several hundred thousands people gathered as the players were greeted by deafening cheers as they arrived home one day after defeating the netherlands for the country's first ever world cup title. in germany, paul the octopus is celebrating his perfect world cup. paul got his very own world cup trophy for correctly predicting the out come of all 7 of germany's games and the final. despite offers, the german aquarium said he's not for sale and he will retire to his

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right now, new at 5:30 two police impersonators busted. could you recognize a fake cop? we'll tell you what to look for. the swiss rejected a request to expedite roman polanski. and they may make your nails look pretty but a warning about the painful side effects of nail gels. tonight two men are arrested and accused of pim person ating police officers. investigators say daniel blalock and kennedy ventura were in a black suv with flashing lights when they pulled over another car in langley park yesterday morning. victims say the two men showed their badges before stealing their wallets. new at 5:30, derek mcginty shows us how easy it is for criminals to get their hands on

items reserved for crime fighters. >> we were driving down riggs road. >> reporter: he's asked us to hide his identity. >> and we saw the blue light. >> reporter: this man was a victim of a police impersonator. >> about a quarter mile down the road he cut us off. >> reporter: he was caught but others remain at large. >> so he could access these items. >> reporter: this detective working a case in prince william county. on april 3rd a man resembling this picture stole $20,000 from this manassas check cashing business. the thief posed as a police officer and tried to use a taser on the clerk. >> you can get a police uniform online if you want to. >> reporter: and that's exactly what we did. with a simple click, our producer orders shirts, a dash light and police look-alike personals. two look-alike -- badges.

>> if you portray it as a police officer, that's illegal. >> and you have different colors of uniforms and even have strobe lights. >> reporter: others in law enforcement would like to see the open market of these items limited, especially in the post 9/11 world. >> and the websites that sell them, if they have some requirement to verify that person ordering these items is a police officer and if they can only ship it to a police station address and have the officer that ordered it pick it up from the police station, that will cut down on it. >> this is a virginia police chief badge. >> reporter: derek mcginty, 9 news now. >> what can you do to protect yourself? police tell us if you are driving and suspect the car behind you may not be a police car, turn on your flashers. this indicates to a real officer that you know he or she

is there and you intend to pull over. drive to a well half lit busy area and if you have a cell phone call 911 as your driving and ask the dispatcher to confirm this is a real officer tailing you. and in sift that the person show you a police i.d. and when that couldn't be provided, the suspect fled. roman polanski will not be extradited. swiss authorities made the announcement this morning. rita nissan has more on the judge's controversial ruling. >> reporter: roman polanski is no longer under house arrest at his swiss chalet. the justice minister said he is now a freeman. the swiss government rejected the american extradition request that polanski face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl 33 years

ago. they blamed u.s. authorities for not handing over confidential testimony. his lawyer called the decision the right one. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> saying that the extradition was a lie and he's already been punished. he was 43 accused of raping the girl after giving her drugs and champagne at jack nicholson's home. >> i have a hard time getting over it but i don't want to carry hard feelings around me my whole life. >> reporter: polanski pled guilty to rape and when he heard he was going to be given a tougher sentence he fled to france. he was arrested at a film festival last year. through it all he's been celebrated by hollywood, winning an oscar for the

pianist and even with his freedom custody, the u.s. still considers him a fugitive. rita nissan for cbs news. >> the united states cannot appeal the decision and the justice department declined to comment. after two years on the rone the teenager known as the bare foot bandit is under arrest in the bahamas. and he was bare foot when police took him into custody on a stolen boat. the 19-year-old faces trial in the bahamas for several thefts and gun possession. authorities in seattle said they will try to bring him back to the u.s. for prosecution. >> i think more so than anything, people give him too much credit. i think he has just gotten extremely lucky and his luck finally ran out. >> he became an internet sensation after escaping from a halfway house the u.s. he also stole the plane that he crash landed in the bahamas last week. and we are getting much- needed rain here on the area. topper shutt with the weather

center with your latest storm alert. no severe warnings right now. if you're headed out, grab the  umbrella. muggy too. temperatures not that had. mainly in the 70s by 6:00 and in the 70s by 8:00. but a chance for showers and a thunderstorm each of those times. now let's talk about live doppler 9000 right now. and most of the activity is now east of i-95. i'm going to zoom on this one little storm. a couple of storms hefty in parts of charles county and down 95 and in forestville and now this one popped up around bethesda and east-west highway. and if you're out and about tonight, keep the umbrella handy. showers tomorrow and lead -- clouds will keep things down. and downtown mid-80s with thunderstorms possible as well. pretty much at any time during the day.

especially early morning and then late afternoon. and then mid-80s for darnstown, 86 in ole any and bethesda. we'll tell you when the heat returns. the shark is back on the discovery building in downtown silver spring. and new at 6:00 -- >> this is the 1300 block of buchanan street in northwest washington where the block is divided over the fenty-gray campaign. both candidates making news at 6:00. and we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

welcome back. the discovery channel is promising a jaw-dropping experience for passersby at the downtown silver spring

headquarters. all part of a celebration of the return of the channel shark week. the kids love that. a giant inflatable shark has been installed. it took 12,000 yards of fabric to make it and it will take ten air blowers to keep the fire shark pieces inflating to scare you as you drive by. it was slow going for two manatees stuck in miami. rescuers worked to free the whales from the canal because it runs parallel to a high way. a large sinkhole swalled a car in a tampa complex. residents heard a loud noise and found a toyota camry down into a sinkhole. families are not allowed back into their homes until the sinkhole can be stabilized. and time for a check of

traffic. >> no sinkholes to talk about on this monday evening. but 270, slow and volume approaching montgomery village and hitting the brakes from 121 to the weigh station but no accidents on the camera. now other routes that may slow you down, 295 in d.c., that will be extra slow to 495. that will be 25 minutes right now. and a 30 minute commute from 95 do -- to route 50. that is the slowest stretch i'm seeing on the capital beltway. back to you. a new audio tape has surfaced in connection with the domestic violence case against mel gibson. and even though the nats limped to the all-star break, they remain optimistic about the second half. we'll tell you why, coming up. and topper. >> we have showers and a few thunderstorms. we'll take you out with the lightning detection and not much lightning with the storms but heavy rain developing to the northwest of town, toward

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the results can be painful. >> reporter: a lot of women like gel manicures because they feel natural but some gels including acrylics could contain harmful ingredients. one day after this woman got a gel manicure was in agony and to be in shock when her thumb touched anything. >> it went down my thumb and up my elbow and into my arm and i'm in such pain, i'm almost crying from the pain. >> reporter: after examining jane, neurologist doctor for consumer reports immediately suspected the chemicals in the manicure. >> i believe that jane had a gel manicure that also included acrylics. when i examined her thumb i saw it has been scraped by an electrical file and this caused the chemicals to seep in and cause nerve damage.

>> reporter: believe it or not, most of the chemicals for nails are not tested by before they are applied. >> and rough and painful filing of the surface of the nail can cause damage. >> reporter: the doctor said that after looking at a gel manicure, she recommends sticking with good old- fashioned nail polish. if you are patient and get several coats, it can last a week or more. >> now if you do opt for nail gels, take some basic recautions. make sure your nail technician is licensed and be sure the salon is squeaky clean and the tools that are being used on your hands have been sterilized. before you get your next manicure, we have other tips at wusa9.com, click on living smart. mel gibson acknowledged he hit the mother of his 8-month- old daughter. the celebrity website radar online released an 8 minute

recording in which a voice sounding like the actor is heard telling his girlfriend that she deserved to be hit. that was after she chastised him for punching her in the face. the 40-year-old singer had a history of violence and the sheriff's office is investigating. john bon jovi will play tonight despite pulling a calf. he injured himself toward the end of the bands two and a half hour performance. a video on you tube shows him limping back and forth on stage and flexing his foot, trying to assure his fans he's okay. the show must go on. universal first 3-d animated movie finished first at the box office. >> what about the air? >> yes, you may touch the air. >> what about this? >> despicable me is the number one movie in america. the film starring the voice of

steve carell brought in over $60 million, and knocked twilight eclipse down to number two. >> do you expect me to talk? >> speaking of movies. screen on the green begins tonight on the national ball with a james bond classic. gold finger will be shown tonight at dusk, that's a little after 8:30. so to take in a free film, bring in a blanket and maybe an umbrella. >> what do you think, top? >> i think 60% of being okay. it will be muggy but that's what it's all about. >> just keep the stuff in the car just in case, and i great flick too. another chance for showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. and again on wednesday. here is your forecast first. the next three days right out of the gate, 85 tomorrow. at least the temperatures will stay down. mid-80s on wednesday. showers and storms possible and then, boom, hot again.

thursday we're back in the mid- 90s with sunshine and really no chance of a storm on thursday. your breakdown for tomorrow, mid-70s in the morning, some showers. near 80 by lunchtime. some showers still possible and your evening commute could be wet too. showers and storms are still possible, high temperatures in the mid-80s. which we'll take. 77 right now at national, 73 in gaithersburg and 75 in manassas. most of the teams are rain- cooled from earlier showers. tonight mostly cloudy, muggy, showers and thunderstorms still possible. low temperatures between 70 and 75. let me show you live doppler 9000, you can access on our website at wusa9.com. and again check out our iphone ap. it's cool. heaviest activity is north of town near wheaton and on the east side of 301 is hefty and that will head toward davidsonville and probably cross 50 in the next 45 minutes or so. further north, this is a pretty

good storm. there is no severe warnings on this but we'll put this into motion. it's now north of the spur so heavy rain occurring at the spur a minute ago. and now rock field and down to wheaton and across new hampshire avenue toward sunshine. let's go back to the computer. we'll talk about tomorrow morning. showers and storms are still possible. 70s and 80s to start. been by afternoon, showers and storms still possible. and next seven days. 85 tomorrow and 87 on wednesday and then mid-90s thursday and friday. a chance of a couple of showers on friday. better chance over the weekend. temperatures still around 90. and even into monday of next week, some leftover showers possible, temperatures in the low 90s. so today was our 5th day out of 12 we stayed below 90. >> that's progress. thanks, topper. breaking news out of martha's vineyard. this is a live look at rescue teams as they fight a massive blaze that torched a u.s. coast

guard boathouse, a pier and a truck and trailer on martha vineyard and this forced people to evacuate the 22 person facility by boat. this is at the coast guard station in chill mark. there were no immediate reports of injuries in the blaze. this started about 2:42 and quickly engulfed the boathouse and the pier, the station's 47- foot boat evacuating the pier just before becoming engulfed in flames and you are looking at this as they fight this. martha's vineyard a popular location for families to go and families live there year round and this is the effort to get the flames out of here. brett is back and we're at the all tar break and taking a little assessment of the nats. where are they at the halfway mark. >> here is my glass half full assessm. they are not the worst team in baseball. which they were last year. the orioles by the way are the worst team in baseball so we don't have to root for them any more. some of you still do.

so was the first half of the season a success? they were 11 games under.500 and hard to rally a fan base around those numbers but at the same tie i believe we saw glimpse of this franchise future in several areas and the future is bright in many ways. here is greg tollen. >> reporter: the nationals were looking for momentum going into the all-star break. what they got was the second straight loss to the giants. >> when you lose, it should be a sour taste and it is. >> reporter: actually the first test of the season turned out it be bittersweet. the nats have 13 more wins than a year ago at this time. >> the first half was better, but we're learning. year a young team still but like you said, from a year ago we're improved a lot. >> reporter: but is sunday's loss they are 11 games below .500. far worse than the front office expected. >> i think we've underachieved a little bit and i don't think we've played as good as we can. >> reporter: steven strasburg

has been as good as advertised. matt cap -- capps saved 23 games and adam dunn has launched 20 homers before the first half. and many are wondering if adam will be done in washington. >> it will take an extraordinary deal to trade him, but we're going to keep our options open for anything that happens. >> reporter: in the meantime, after a tough weekend, the nats will enjoy this much-needed break. >> whether it's a ten game winning or losing streak, the all-star break is always welcome. >> reporter: nationals park will be empty for a while. after the all-star break the team goes on a ten-game road truck. when they come back on july 27th they are hoping the mood in the dugout will be better than it is right now. >> we've had good signs of pitching and hitting and we're going to start to put it together in second half. >> reporter: at nationals park,

greg tollen, 9 sports now. m cog up -- coming up at 6:00, why serena williams will not be coming to washington as first thought. >> oh, no. up next, sleep interrupted and your heart, a nighttime danger. coming up new at 6:00 -- >> wooden water mains. d.c. doesn't have these any more but it does have some old infrastructure. the story coming up. ever seen anything like it?

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a lot of men assume snoring comes with the territory as they get holder and heavier. but it can be the calling card of a sleep disorder that puts extraordinary stress on the heart. tonight's health alert confirms the dangers of sleep apnea. >> for years steven allen's wife found his snoring down right scary. >> i would find myself gasping for breath, waking up at night and my wife would say, "steven, steven, are you okay? ." >> reporter: he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. the airways collapse and oxygen can't reach the lungs. brain forces a patient away and breathing starts up again. now a new study confirms a link between severe sleep apnea and heart disease in middle aged and older men. those 0 -- 40-70 years old had a risk of heart trouble.

>> the whole body suffers because of the lack of -- lack of oxygen. >> 25% of men and 9% of women suffer from sleep apnea but it is more prominent in men. >> women may delay the onset of heart disease. >> reporter: but that only lasts until menopause, then they face similar risks to men. he is now being treated with a c pap machine and reduces the stress on his heart. the machine is considered the gold standard for treating sleep apnea but special mouth guards can help. we have details about those on wusa9.com and click on living well. thank you for joining us for 9 news now at 5:00.